Adhesive wipe

ABSTRACT

An adhesive wipe for cleaning a surface is disclosed. The adhesive wipe comprises a backing having a working surface that is substantially planar, adhesive on at least a portion of the working surface of the backing, and at least one spacer strand independently arranged on the adhesive on the working surface. At least a portion of the adhesive is covered by the spacer strand and at least a portion of the adhesive is exposed.

FIELD

The present invention relates to an adhesive wipe. Particularly, thepresent invention relates to an adhesive wipe with a strand adhered tothe adhesive of the wipe, where the wipe is attached to a mop forcleaning a surface.

BACKGROUND

Cloths and other wiping products are used in cleaning. Most wipingproducts, or wipes, are made from either a woven or nonwoven sheet, andare used either by hand or attached to a tool like a mop handle to movedirt and dust in a desired direction. Typically, most wiping products donot have the ability to effectively capture and retain small and largeparticles of dirt and debris. During cleaning, when the dirt or dust hasbeen collected, the wipe may be scrunched up by the user to try tocapture the dirt or sand that has been collected so that it can beshaken out in the trash. This process is repeated during cleaning andoften requires a user who is attempting to pick up larger particles suchas sand to repeat the process several times to pick up all the sand orheavier particles that have been collected. Many times a user willpickup the debris with a broom and dust pan once it has been gatheredinto a pile with the wipe.

An adhesive sheet may be used to clean a surface. Additionally, adhesivemay be incorporated into a wipe to assist with retaining both small andlarge particle of dirt and debris within the wipe. However, adhesive mayadhere to the surface being cleaned. Therefore, sufficient spacingbetween the surface being cleaned and the adhesive layer is necessary toprovide sufficient glide of the wipe while still providing sufficientpick-up of the dirt and debris.

SUMMARY

An adhesive wipe for cleaning a surface is disclosed. The adhesive wipeincludes a partially exposed adhesive for assisting in retaining smalland large particles while still allowing for the adhesive wipe to glideon the surface to be cleaned.

In one embodiment, the adhesive wipe comprises a backing having aworking surface that is substantially planar, adhesive on at least aportion of the working surface of the backing, and at least one spacerstrand independently arranged on the adhesive on the working surface. Atleast a portion of the adhesive is covered by the spacer strand and atleast a portion of the adhesive is exposed.

In another embodiment, the adhesive wipe comprises a backing having aworking surface that is substantially planar and includes a first edgeand second edge opposite the first edge, adhesive on at least a portionof the working surface of the backing, and at least one spacer strandindependently arranged on the adhesive on the working surface andextending continuously from the first edge of the working surface to thesecond edge. At least a portion of the adhesive is covered by the spacerstrand and at least a portion of the adhesive is exposed.

In another embodiment, the adhesive wipe is for cleaning a surface byattachment to a cleaning tool having a head with a substantially planarworking face. The adhesive wipe comprises a backing having a workingsurface in contact with the surface to be cleaned and an oppositesurface for contact with the planar working face of the head of thecleaning tool, the working surface including a first edge and a secondedge opposite the first edge, adhesive on at least a portion of theworking surface of the backing, a plurality of spacer strandsindependently arranged on the adhesive. Each spacer strand continuouslyextends from the first edge of the working surface to the second edge.Each spacer strand comprises a multifilament structure. At least aportion of the adhesive is covered by the spacer strand and at least aportion of the adhesive is exposed to the surface to be cleaned.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mop with an adhesive wipe attached toa mop.

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of an embodiment of an adhesive wipe accordingto the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of an adhesive wipeaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of an adhesive wipeaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a fourth embodiment of an adhesive wipeaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of a fifth embodiment of an adhesive wipeaccording to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective sectional view of an embodiment of a spacerstrand for attachment to the adhesive wipe of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an adhesive wipe according to thepresent invention having adhesive on a surface opposite the cleaningsurface for attachment to the mop.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an adhesive wipe according to thepresent invention having adhesive on a surface opposite the cleaningsurface for attachment to the mop.

While the above-identified drawings and figures set forth embodiments ofthe invention, other embodiments are also contemplated, as noted in thediscussion. In all cases, this disclosure presents the invention by wayof representation and not limitation. It should be understood thatnumerous other modifications and embodiments can be devised by thoseskilled in the art, which fall within the scope and spirit of thisinvention. The figures may not be drawn to scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mop 110 with an adhesive wipe 200attached to the mop 110. The mop 110 includes a head 120 with a workingface 122 and a back face 124. The working face 122 of the head 120 isgenerally planar. In this embodiment, the working face 122 and the head120 of the mop 110 are rectangular although other shapes are within thescope of the invention, including but not limited to square, round, ortriangular. The adhesive wipe 200 covers the working face 122 of thehead 120 of the mop 110. As shown in FIG. 1, the adhesive wipe 200 alsocovers a portion of the back face 124 of the head 120 of the mop 110.The back face 124 includes pinch points where the adhesive wipe 200attaches to the head 120 of the mop 110. Other types of attachmentmechanism for securing the adhesive wipe 200 to the mop 110 are withinthe scope of the present invention. Several alternatives for attachingthe adhesive wipe 200 to the mop 110 will be described below withreference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

FIG. 2 is a top view of an adhesive wipe 200 according to the presentinvention. The adhesive wipe 200 is generally planar and includes aworking surface 220. The working surface 220 secures over the workingface 122 of the head 120 of the mop 110 and is the area that contactsthe surface to be cleaned. The working surface 220 includes a leadingedge 222, a trailing edge 224 opposite the leading edge 222, a firstside edge 226 and second side edge 228 opposite the first side edge 226.

The working surface 220 is at least partially covered with adhesive 230.FIG. 3 depicts the adhesive 230 by pixilation. As can be seen, in thatembodiment, the adhesive 230 covers the entire working surface. However,the adhesive 230 may be coated in stripes, dots or other patterns thatwould result in a noncontinuous coating of adhesive on the workingsurface 220. In the other figures, for simplicity, specific depiction ofthe adhesive 230 has been omitted.

Attached to the adhesive is a spacer strand 260. Once the spacer strand260 is attached to the adhesive 230, a portion of the adhesive 230 iscovered by the spacer strand 260, but a portion of the adhesive 230remains exposed for picking up and retaining dirt and debris. In thisembodiment, the adhesive 230 covers substantially the entire workingsurface 220 of the adhesive wipe 200.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of spacer strands 260 areon the adhesive 230. The spacer strands 260 are independently arrangedon the adhesive 230 in that the spacer strands do not intersect oneanother or otherwise contact one another. In the embodiment shown inFIG. 2, the spacer strands 260 are individual segments 262 randomlyscattered onto the adhesive 230 covering the working surface 220, whichextends from the first side edge 226 to the second side edge 228 andfrom the leading edge 222 to the trailing edge 224. The spacer strand260 may be in any length, size, and thickness and may be scattered onthe working surface with a greater or smaller density than shown in FIG.2. Also, the spacer strand 260 may be scattered in a generally uniformdensity, such as that shown in FIG. 2, or in varying density across theworking surface.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the adhesive wipe 200 having an alternativespacer strand arrangement. The spacer strand 260 on the adhesive 230includes a single spacer strand 264. The spacer strand 264 extendscontinuously from the first side edge 226 to the second side edge 228 ina wavelike pattern. The peaks of the wave extend from the leading edge222 to the trailing edge 224 of the working surface. Although shown in awavelike pattern, the single spacer strand 264 may be linear, diagonal,zig-zag, or any other arrangement so long as the spacer strand 264 isindependently arranged on the adhesive so that no portion of the spacerstrand 264 intersects with another portion of the spacer strand 264.Also, the single spacer strand 264 is shown extending continuously fromthe first side edge 226 to the second side edge 228, it may also extendcontinuously from the leading edge 222 to the trailing edge 224 in anyof the described patterns or other such arrangement.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the adhesive wipe 200 having an alternativespacer strand arrangement. The spacer strand 260 on the adhesive 230includes a plurality of spacer strands 264. The spacer strands 264extend continuously from the first side edge 226 to the second side edge228 in a wavelike pattern such that each spacer strand 264 isindependently arranged on the adhesive 230. As shown in FIG. 4, thewavelike pattern of each spacer strand 264 mimics the wavelike patternof the other spacer strands 264 resulting in an arrangement such thatthe spacer strands 264 do not intersect with one another. In theembodiment shown in FIG. 4, the spacer strands 264 are equally spacedfrom one another. Although shown in a wavelike pattern the spacerstrands 264 may be linear, diagonal, zig-zag, or any other arrangement.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the adhesive wipe 200 having an alternativespacer strand arrangement. The spacer strand 260 on the adhesive 230includes a plurality of spacer strands 264 independently arranged on theadhesive 230. The spacer strands 264 extend continuously from theleading edge 222 to the trailing edge 224 in a wavelike pattern. Asshown in FIG. 5, the wavelike pattern of each spacer strand 264 mimicsthe wavelike pattern of the other spacer strands 264 resulting in anarrangement such that the spacer strands 264 do not intersect with oneanother. Although shown in a wavelike pattern the spacer strands 264 maybe linear, diagonal, zig-zag, or any other arrangement.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the adhesive wipe 200 having an alternativespacer strand arrangement. The spacer strand 260 on the adhesive 230includes a plurality of spacer strands 264. The spacer strands 264extend continuously from the first side edge 226 to the second side edge228 linearly. However, the spacer strands 264 may extend continuouslyfrom the leading edge 222 to the trailing edge 224. As shown in FIG. 6,the linear spacer strands 264 are spaced from one another generallyuniformly and parallel to one another resulting in an arrangement suchthat the spacer strands 264 do not intersect with one another. It isunderstood that the spacing between spacer strands 264 may benon-uniform.

The spacer strand 260 covers a portion of the adhesive 230 andpreferably does not entirely cover all of the adhesive 230. In oneembodiment, the spacer strand 260 covers less than 75% of the adhesive.Further, the spacer strand 260 covers less than 50% of the adhesive.

The spacer strand 260 provides vertical spacing between the adhesive 230and the surface to be cleaned. Whether the strand is compressible orrigid, preferably the spacer strand provides at least 5 mils of verticalspacing between the adhesive 230 and the surface to be cleaned.

Preferably, the spacer strand 260 is a compressible and deformablematerial without sharp or rough edges that may damage hard surfaces suchas tile, wood, glass or laminates. Preferably, the spacer strand is acontinuous material having a generally uniform composition from a firstend of the spacer strand to a second end of the spacer strand. In oneembodiment, the spacer strand comprises a single strand. In anotherembodiment, the spacer strand comprises a plurality of strands which mayor may not be twisted together. (see FIG. 7).

The spacer strand may be made of a natural or synthetic material.Examples of material that may be used are a woven strand, a spongestrand, an extruded strand that may be a plastic, or combinationsthereof. Woven strands include such materials as natural and syntheticthreads, yarns, string. Sponge strands may be natural or syntheticsponges applied or extruded.

For an extruded strand, a continuous strand of plastic applied in amolten, dissolved, or reactive form may be used as the spacer strand.The cross section of the spacer strand may be shaped such as round,oval, star shaped, rectangle, or hollow (i.e., capillary). The plasticmay be foamed to make it lighter or more flexible. Preferable materialthat would be extruded for the spacer strand include polypropylene,polyethylene or olefin copolymers and other thermoplastics. The spacerstrands may be applied continuously or intermittently.

FIG. 7 is a perspective sectional view of an embodiment of a spacerstrand 260 for attachment to the adhesive wipe of the present invention.The spacer strand 260 shown includes a plurality of individual strands268 that are twisted together to make the spacer strand 260. Theindividual strand 268 may comprise a single fiber or a plurality ofinterlocked fibers.

The spacer strand 260 spaces the exposed adhesive 230 from the workingsurface to allow the adhesive wipe 200 to easily glide across thesurface to be cleaned, which may include wood, tile, laminates, or thelike. Without sufficient spacing, the exposed adhesive 230 may adheretoo strongly to the surface to be cleaned creating drag and preventingsliding of the adhesive wipe. The dirt and debris have a profileextending above the surface to be cleaned so are captured and retainedby the spacer strand 260 and the exposed adhesive 230. The spacer strand260 has a sweeping effect on the surface to be cleaned in that it helpscapture the dirt and debris and direct it to the exposed adhesive. Inthe embodiments where the spacer strand 260 includes a plurality oftwisted individual strands 268, and each strand and the space betweenthe strands assists in retaining particles and creating a “dam” toprevent particles from passing through the spacer strand 260.

In each of the embodiments shown above, the spacer strand 260 is only onthe working surface 220 and not on the first wing 240 or the second wing250. It is possible to include the spacer strand 260 on the entiresurface of the adhesive wipe 200, including the wings.

The working surface 220, as well as the adhesive wipe 200, are shown tobe generally rectangular. The rectangular shape is typically usedbecause the head 120 of the mop 110 is generally rectangular. Howeverother shapes of the adhesive wipe 200 and working surface 220 are withinthe scope of the present invention such as but not limited to square,round, and triangular. Typically, the shape of the wipe 200 and workingsurface 220 will match the shape of the head 120 of the mop 110.

The first and second wings 240, 250, if included, can be of the samematerial as the working surface 220. However, it is possible toconstruct the first and second wings 240, 250 of a different material,from that disclosed below, than the working surface 220.

Examples of suitable material for adhesive wipe backing include woven,nonwoven, paper, polymeric and plastic film materials includingpolyolefins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, copolymers of ethyleneor propylene, halogenated polymers such as poly(vinyl chloride) andpoly(vinylidene chloride), polyesters such as polyethyleneterephthalate, polyurethanes, and poly(vinyl acetate) and vinyl acetatecopolymers. Polypropylenes can include monoaxially orientedpolypropylene, biaxially oriented polypropylene, simultaneouslybiaxially oriented polypropylene, and untensilized polypropyleneincluding untensilized isotactic polypropylene. Various types ofnonwoven synthetic polymeric materials including spun-bond polyethylenecould be used. The adhesive wipe 200 can be compostable or degradable,can be colored, can be printed, can be of different surface textures orembossed, can include pigments, fragrance, or other additives.

Suitable adhesives for the layer of adhesive 230 include hot melt-coatedformulations, transfer-coated formulations, solvent-coated formulations,and latex formulations. Preferably, the layer of adhesive is apressure-sensitive adhesive. General categories of pressure-sensitiveadhesives can be based on natural rubber, styrene butadiene, butylrubber and polyisobutylene, styrenic block copolymers, ethylene-vinylacetate and related copolymers, poly-alpha olefins, acrylic adhesives,silicone, butadiene-acrylonitrile, polychloroprene, polybutadiene,atactic polypropylene, or repulpable pressure-sensitive adhesive. [(Fromthe Handbook of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Technology, Third Edition,Edited by Donatas Satas, Satas & Associates, 1999.)] However, otherpressure-sensitive adhesives may be used for adhesive layer 320, such asthose with the properties described in Adhesion and Adhesives Technologyan Introduction, p. 216, Alphonsus V. Pocius, Hanser GardnerPublications, Inc., 1997. The Pressure-Sensitive Tape Council hasdefined pressure-sensitive adhesives as materials with the followingproperties: 1) aggressive and permanent tack; 2) adheres with no morethan finger pressure; 3) requires no activation by any energy source; 4)has sufficient ability to hold onto the adherend; and 5) has enoughcohesive strength to be able to be removed cleanly from the adherend.

Examples of adhesives useful for the layer of adhesive 320 include thosebased on general compositions of polyacrylates; polyvinyl ethers;diene-containing rubbers such as natural rubber, polyisoprene, andpolyisobutylene; polychloroprene; butyl rubber; butadiene-acrylonitrilepolymer; thermoplastic elastomers; block copolymers such asstyrene-isoprene and styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymers,styrene-diene type block copolymers such as SBS, SIBS, SEBS, and SEPS,or styrene-ethylene-butylene, hydrogenated SBS, hydrogenated SIS,styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene, ethylene-propylene-diene polymers,and styrene-butadiene polymer; poly-alpha-olefin; amorphous polyolefins;silicones; ethylene-containing copolymers such as those prepared fromethylene vinyl acetate, ethylacrylate, and ethyl methacrylate;polyurethanes; polyamides; epoxies; polyvinylpyrrolidone andvinylpyrrolidone copolymers; polyesters; and mixtures of the above.Additionally, the adhesives can contain additives such as tackifiers,plasticizers, fillers, antioxidants, stabilizers, pigments, diffusingparticles, curatives, fragrance, and solvents.

Each wipe may include a textured adhesive surface having raised portionsand recessed portions. A textured adhesive surface is described in U.S.Pat. No. 6,865,765 the disclosure of which is herein incorporated byreference.

All the adhesive wipes 200 disclosed with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6include a first wing 240 and second wing 250. As shown in FIG. 1, thewings provide one mechanism for attachment to a mop head 120 havingpinch points. However, the wings are not a necessary feature of the wipe200 depending on how the wipe 200 is attached to the mop head 120. Thereare a variety of alternative mechanisms for attaching the wipe 200 tothe mop head. 120.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an adhesive wipe 800 according to thepresent invention having adhesive 870, 880 on a surface opposite theworking surface 820. The wipe 800 is generally similar to the wipe 200shown and describe above and includes a working surface 820, a firstwing 840, and a second wing 850. The working surface 820 includes anadhesive 830 and a plurality of spacer strands 864 attached to theadhesive 830 while leaving a portion of the adhesive 830 exposed. Thefirst wing 840 includes a first adhesive 870 and the second wing 850includes a second adhesive 880 (not shown). The first adhesive 870 andthe second adhesive 880 are located on a surface of the adhesive wipe800 opposite the working surface 820. The first adhesive 870 and secondadhesive 880 wrap over and adhere to the back face 124 of the mop(similar to the mop of FIG. 1) without requiring the pinch points forattaching the wipe 800 to the mop 110. A release liner may be providedover first adhesive 870 and second adhesive 880 to prevent the adhesivefrom contacting the wipe 800. Alternatively, the side of the wipedirectly opposite the working surface 820 may include a release liner orrelease treatment to prevent the first and second adhesive 870, 880 fromadhering. The back face 124 of the mop may include a release treatmentto facilitate removing the adhesive wipe 800 from the back face 124.Examples of release treatment include flame treatment, corona treatment,roughening, release liner, and release coatings such as silicones,organo-modified silicones, fluorochemicals, acrylates, polyurethanes,and polyvinylacetates that can be cured via thermal, ultraviolet, orelectron beam mechanisms.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an adhesive wipe 900 according to thepresent invention having adhesive 940 on a surface opposite the workingsurface 920. The wipe 900 is generally similar to the wipe 200 shown anddescribed above and includes a working surface 920 but does not includea first wing or second wing. The working surface 920 includes anadhesive 930 and a plurality of spacer strands 964 attached to theadhesive 930 while leaving a portion of the adhesive 930 exposed. Anadhesive 940 is located on a surface of the adhesive wipe 900 directlyopposite the working surface 920. Adhesive 940 may cover the entiresurface of the wipe opposite the working surface 920, or may cover justa portion. Prior to use, the adhesive 940 may be covered with a releaseliner 950. Once the release liner 950 is removed, the adhesive 940adheres the adhesive wipe 900 directly to the working face 122 of themop 110, which is why wings are not necessary but still may be includedThe working face 122 of the mop 110 may include a release treatment tofacilitate removing the adhesive wipe 900 from the working face 122.Examples of release treatment include flame treatment, corona treatment,roughening, release liner, and release coatings such as silicones,organo-modified silicones, fluorochemicals, acrylates, polyurethanes,and polyvinylacetates that can be cured via thermal, ultraviolet, orelectron beam mechanisms.

Although FIGS. 8 and 9 disclose using adhesive as alternative attachmentmechanisms for securing the adhesive wipe to the mop, other suitablemethods are possible. Specifically, the working face 122 or the backface 124 of the mop may include hook extensions attached to the mop ormolded into the mop that directly attach and secure with the adhesivewipe (depending on the material of the wipe) or may attach to a loopmaterial secured to the adhesive wipe. Alternatively, the hook may beplaced on the adhesive wipe and the loop on the mop. Other mechanicalattachments are within the scope of the present invention.

To use the adhesive wipe a user will attach the adhesive wipe to a mopsimilar to that shown in FIG. 1 or described with reference to FIGS. 8and 9. The mop is pushed across a surface, typically a floor andtypically a hard surface floor such as wood, tile, laminate, or thelike. The dirt and debris are stopped and dammed by the spacing strandand also retained by the adhesive. When finished, the adhesive wipe isremoved from the mop and discarded.

Although typically the adhesive wipe will be applied to a cleaning tool,a user may use the wipe without applying the adhesive wipe to a cleaningtool. In such a case, the user would user his or her hand and extend theadhesive wipe across the surface to be cleaned for picking up dust, dirtand debris.

To make the adhesive wipe 200 a finished tape such as 3M Masking Tape or3M Micropore Surgical Tape, both available from 3M of St. Paul, Minn.can be fed into a process line. Multiple thread from a creel are fedthrough a guide comb on the traversing/oscillating arm just before theentry side of the common nip rolls while the adhesive coated backing issimultaneously fed to the nip. Oscillation of the transverse bar createsthe sinusoidal pattern of the spacer strands attached to the surface ofthe adhesive coated backing with uniform machine direction and crossdirection spacing.

Alternately, a backing such as a polyester/rayon non-woven backingavailable from Ahlstrom as product number 17029, can be fed to chillednip rolls. An adhesive film die is then used to extrude hot-melt PSAadhesive film to the backing just prior to the traversing arm/spacerstrand combination at the entry side of the nip rolls. The preferredadhesive is an acrylic hot-melt adhesive as it is heat and oxidationresistant. All the components are then combined into an integralstructure similar to the one described above. The advantage of thisstructure is reduced cost, simplicity, and no release treatment isnecessary to the non-woven to allow for the final product to be made inroll form.

Although specific embodiments of this invention have been shown anddescribed herein, it is understood that these embodiments are merelyillustrative of the many possible specific arrangements that can bedevised in application of the principles of the invention. Numerous andvaried other arrangements can be devised in accordance with theseprinciples by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, the scope of the presentinvention should not be limited to the structures described in thisapplication, but only by the structures described by the language of theclaims and the equivalents of those structures.

1. An adhesive wipe for cleaning a surface comprising: a backing havinga working surface that is substantially planar; adhesive on at least aportion of the working surface of the backing; at least one spacerstrand independently arranged on the adhesive on the working surface;wherein at least a portion of the adhesive is covered by the spacerstrand and at least a portion of the adhesive is exposed.
 2. Theadhesive wipe of claim 1, wherein the working surface comprises a firstedge and second edge.
 3. The adhesive wipe of claim 2, wherein thespacer strand extends continuously from the first edge to the secondedge.
 4. The adhesive wipe of claim 2, wherein a plurality of spacerstrands extend from the first edge to the second edge, each strand beingcontinuous and independently arranged on the adhesive on the workingsurface.
 5. The adhesive wipe of claim 4, wherein the plurality ofspacer strands extend in a mimicking pattern from the first edge of theworking surface to the second edge.
 6. The adhesive wipe of claim 1,wherein the adhesive covers the entire working surface of the backing.7. The adhesive wipe of claim 1, further comprising a first wingextending from the working surface and a second wing extending from theworking surface, opposite the first wing.
 8. The adhesive wipe of claim7, wherein the first wing and second wing are at least partially coveredwith adhesive on a side of the adhesive wipe opposite the adhesive onthe working surface.
 9. The adhesive wipe of claim 1, further comprisingan adhesive on a side of the backing opposite the adhesive on theworking surface.
 10. The adhesive wipe of claim 1, wherein the spacerstrand comprises a multi-strand structure.
 11. The adhesive wipe ofclaim 1, wherein the spacer strand is a yarn, thread, string, foam, orextruded strand of plastic.
 12. An adhesive wipe for cleaning a surfacecomprising: a backing having a working surface that is substantiallyplanar and includes a first edge and second edge opposite the firstedge; adhesive on at least a portion of the working surface of thebacking; at least one spacer strand independently arranged on theadhesive on the working surface and extending continuously from thefirst edge of the working surface to the second edge; wherein at least aportion of the adhesive is covered by the spacer strand and at least aportion of the adhesive is exposed.
 13. The adhesive wipe of claim 12,further comprising a plurality of spacer strands, each independentlyarranged on the adhesive on the working surface and each spacer strandextending continuously from the first edge of the working surface to thesecond edge.
 14. The adhesive wipe of claim 13, wherein the plurality ofspacer strands extend in a mimicking pattern from the first edge of theworking surface to the second edge.
 15. The adhesive wipe of claim 12,wherein the adhesive wipe is attached to a cleaning tool having asubstantially planar surface.
 16. The adhesive wipe of claim 12, whereinthe spacer strand comprises a multi-strand structure.
 17. An adhesivewipe for cleaning a surface by attachment to a cleaning tool having ahead with a substantially planar working face, the adhesive wipecomprising: a backing having a working surface in contact with thesurface to be cleaned and an opposite surface for contact with theplanar working face of the head of the cleaning tool, the workingsurface including a first edge and a second edge opposite the firstedge; adhesive on at least a portion of the working surface of thebacking; a plurality of spacer strands independently arranged on theadhesive, wherein each spacer strand continuously extends from the firstedge of the working surface to the second edge and wherein each spacerstrand comprises a multi-strand structure; wherein at least a portion ofthe adhesive is covered by the spacer strand and at least a portion ofthe adhesive is exposed to the surface to be cleaned.
 18. The adhesivewipe of claim 17, wherein the plurality of spacer strands extend in amimicking pattern from the first edge of the working surface to thesecond edge.